Cobbers
Beat UW-Superior 9-0 in the 1st Game and Lose to the Rain in the 2nd.(Moorhead, Minn.)-- Only the onset of heavy
rainfall could keep Concordia from sweeping UW-Superior in their four-game
weekend series on Saturday. The Cobbers won the first game 9-0 and then
had to cancel the second game due to rain. Concordia ends up sweeping the
Yellowjackets over the two days 3-0 and outscores UW-Superior 27-6.

Brian Schumacher
(So., Thompson, N.Dak.) pitched a complete-game shutout for Concordia.
He gave up only three hits and did not allow a baserunner past second base
the entire seven innings. The shutout marks the first time since April
29 of last season that Concordia has posted a shutout victory. Schumacher's
complete-game blanking of the Yellowjackets is the first complete-game
shutout since Travis Anderson accomplished that feat last season
when Concordia blanked Hamline 6-0 on April 19.

The victory puts the Cobbers two games
above the .500 mark for the first time all season. Concordia is now 7-5
overall. UW-Superior falls for the sixth straight time and sees their overall
record dip to 2-8. The win also moves Cobber head coach Bucky Burgau
one step closer to the 500 career-win mark at Concordia. Burgau now owns
a career record at Concordia of 491-355-6 in his 25+ years with the Cobbers.
With nine more wins he will become the first coach in Concordia athletic
history to record 500 victories. He is also one win shy of breaking the
300-win barrier in league play.

Concordia wasted little time getting on
the board, as the Cobbers put up three quick runs in the bottom of the
first. The first four Concordia batters reached on singles. The Cobbers
tacked on two more runs in the inning on a fielders choice and a wild pitch.

The Cobbers added three more runs in each
of the third and fourth innings to put the game out of reach. The only
decision that was in jeopardy after the first inning was whether the game
would go the necessary four innings to officially be considered a full
game.

Schumacher made sure that the Yellowjackets
were not able to mount a comeback and delay the outcome. After pitching
three no-hit innings he finally allowed a single in the top of the fourth.
The baserunner was quickly erased when the next batter hit into a double
play, one of two twin-killings on the day for Concordia. In the fifth inning,
UW-Superior had their leadoff hitter reach on a single but he was also
erased on a double play. The Yellowjackets finished the inning but scratching
out one more lone base knock. Schumacher shut the door in the final two
innings. He retired six of the final seven hitters with the only baserunner
reaching on an error.

Luther Kangas (Sr., Vadnais Heights,
Minn., White Bear Lake HS) led the hit parade for the Cobbers. Kangas notched
three of the team's nine hits. He went 3-for-4 and scored three runs. He
put up multiple-hit games in two of the three outings against Superior
over the weekend. He is now leading the Cobbers with a .469 average and
is hitting .619 with runners on base. Chad Worthington (Sr., Bozeman,
Mont./Belgrade HS) was the only other Cobber with more than one hit. The
senior centerfielder went 2-for-4 and scored a run. Ryan Hebrink
(Sr., Sacred Heart, Minn./R-C-W HS) got one hit on the day and upped his
hitting streak to five games.

The Cobbers will complete their non-conference
schedule when they travel to UM-Morris on Tuesday, March 30 at 1:00pm for
a single game and then go to Valley City State on Wednesday, March 31 for
a doubleheader starting at 1:30pm. Concordia will open their conference
schedule on Saturday, April 3 at Bethel at 1:00pm.